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The Pyrenees : A Human History.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Colin Duncan.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- A fascinating account of the Pyrenees and their people--from prehistoric settlement to the present day The Pyrenees dominate the landscape between France and Spain, stretching from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Map of the Pyrenees
- Pyrenean Timeline
- Introduction
- I SUBTERRANEAN SECRETS
- 1 Lost in Time
- 2 Art and Graffiti
- 3 The Legend of Pyrene
- 4 Unusual Underground Activities
- 5 Mysterious Handprints
- 6 A Prehistoric Drive-Through
- 7 Beautiful Beasts
- 8 Motives and Motivation
- II HERDERS ON THE MOVE
- 9 Massacre in the Pyrenees
- 10 In Search of Pastures New
- 11 The Source of Strife
- 12 Let There Be Peace!
- 13 Shepherds, Sheep and Bears
- 14 What Happened to the Trees?
- 15 The Changing Face of Transhumance
- III SHAPING THE ENVIRONMENT
- 16 The Conquest of the Pyrenees
- 17 A Forest of Masts
- 18 Terracing the Hillside
- 19 Agriculture and Archaeology at Altitude
- 20 Abandonment
- IV HOME SWEET HOME
- 21 The First Cities
- 22 A Spanish Island in the Pyrenees
- 23 Lost Cities
- 24 Build, Build, Build!
- 25 A Principality is Born
- 26 Power to the People
- 27 Shopping Madness
- V SIGNS OF WORSHIP
- 28 Big Stones
- 29 Fallen Idols
- 30 A Resting Place for the Dead
- 31 Written in Marble
- 32 One True God
- 33 Barbarians Inside the Gates
- 34 Despised and Mythologised
- 35 The Abbey Habit
- VI ON THE FRONT LINE
- 36 An Arsenal of Fortifications
- 37 Pyrenean Marches
- 38 Castles in the Air
- 39 Keeping Watch
- 40 Hidey-Holes for the Holy Grail
- 41 A New Fron tier
- 42 Wartime Recycling
- 43 Building Bunkers
- 44 From Civil War to Cold War
- VII RICH IN MINERALS
- 45 The Machu Picchu of the Pyrenees
- 46 A Toy Train Set
- 47 The Vanishing Villa
- 48 Marble Mania
- 49 Spas and Springs
- 50 Extraordinary Contrasts
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index
- Plates.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Taylor, Colin Duncan The Pyrenees
- ISBN:
- 9780300305319
- 9780300305302
- OCLC:
- 1610751186
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